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FREDERICK YDER, OF HINKLETOWN, IENSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 66,530, dated July 9, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN` `HORSE HAY-FORKS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

'Be it-known that I, FREDERICK SNrDEn, of I-Iinkletown, in the county ofLancaster', and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a `new and improvedarrangement in the construction of Horse Ilay-Forks or Elevators; and Ido hereby declare 'that the following is a. full and exact ldescriptionthereof, reference being had to the aecompanyingrdrawings making a partofthis specification,in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof thcseveral parts in posi-tion when set and spread open in the act ofgrasping. i

Figure 2 shows the hook-headed cap or bar D, held by the tripper on itstriangular shoulder N, with the hitching link E on the hook.

Figure 3 shows the same parts, when the dog or capped hook bar D isdisengaged. The dotted lines in fig. 1 indicate the same change of partsin that position.

' The nature of my invention consists in providing a horse hay-fork thatwill grasp to its fullest capacity and retain what it grasps, and ismore especially adaptedfor clover 'or short hay, well dried, in whichlatter kind many of the elevators now in use fail to give satisfaction.This arrangement, after a fair trial,.operates admirably, and has provedto be easily managed, and4 to a goed purpose, in unloading hay withspeed.

The drawing clearly shows the construction, and a brief description willenable anyone skilled in the lart to make and use my inyeution.

The heads or blocks K, through which the tines L are passed, are coveredon the top with an iron plate, J,

on the top of which the tines are held by a burr, j, as shown, two ineach block. The curved tines L are made after the ordinary most approvedpattern. Centrally, between the tines, through the head-block and plateK J',-

are ailixed the cross or tine-handlesA B. Thehandlc A has a slot,through which the handle B is made to pass, and in which it moves on apivot, x, which unites the said handles, which are `curved soas to workfreely, and extend through the top plate J, and heads or blocks K, andare secured below by the ends of the bracehandles I I. The brace-handlesare secured above by a rivetto the block or tine-handles A B. Thebracc-A handle I being continued, forming a quadrant link, II, whichembraces Vthe tine-handle B, as a guide to steady and secure the motionsof the combined parts. The extended upper portion of the tine-handle Ais provided with a loop-opening and friction-roller, G, for the rope F,which rope has a loop or link, E, at its terminus.

The prolonged tine-arm B, on its upward curved extremity,cnters aslotted head or cap, D, which cap is held by a pivot, P, with a hookabove, and a' prolonged straight or slightly curved leg or bar, d, nearits lower end, when set, on said tine-handle B. The curved tripper Catt-ached by a pivot y. This tripper has a triangular shoulder, N, onits lower extremity, or under the handle B aforesaid. Said tripper C is.carried upwards, and bent down as shown, to its ringed terminus M, forthe tripper-rope in.' In order to set the fork, the armrol of the hookedhead D is drawn down andlodged in the triangular shoulder N of thetrippor C, and the linkl E', on the end of thea-ope F, is slipped overthe hooked end of I). The brace-handles I I are used for opening theforks and plunging the-tincs into the hay. The rope 1i' being carriedover a pulley or ordinary fixtures, tothe horse, will now act on bothtine-handles A and B, firmly grasping the hay between there, and in thatcondition it l is elevated to its destination, when, by pulling thetrippeir-rope m, the head D turns on its vpivot P by the pressure, asthe prolonged arm is disengaged, which ies up, and the hook down,releasing the link E, and thus dropping the hay previously grasped andheld by the tines and their connections, as set forth.

The operation is simpleand highly satisfactory.

I am, aware that numerous patents have been granted for horse-forksand-hay elevators, embracing various modifications and diversIarrangements of the several parts used. Each device has featurespeculiar to that special invention; Ivtherefore do not claim any part,separatelyconsidered. But I am not aware Athat Aany horse hay-forks,with two tines in each head,A connected and combined with thebrace-handles, and the arrangement of thetripper'and its hookedhcad orcap and link eontrivance in the manner described and shown, was everbefore used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination ofthe brace-handles I I with the tine-handles AVB aboveand below the tine-heads J K, to which the tines L are affixed, togetherwith the quadrantdoop H, einbracingthc tine handle B, arranged andoperating'in the manner andA for the purpose specified. l

I'also claim the construction of the slotted cap D, with its hook andprolonged arm drwhen held upon the end of .the tine-handle I3, by apivot I), in combination with the link'E and tripper C, withY iitsshoulder N, and loop M, the whole arranged and operating in the mannerand for the purposespecified.

FREDERICK SNYDER.

Witnesses:

CHAs. It. FnAILnr, JACOB Sraurrnn.

